Tiny girl with 3D-printed hand throws first pitch at US baseball game

It’s a moment that has got “totes adorbs” written all over it – a five-year-old girl equipped with a bionic hand throwing the first pitch at an Orioles game in Baltimore, Marylands.

Dressed in the signature orange and black of her favourite team, Las Vegas native Hailey Dawson delivered the ceremonial pitch to mark the opening of the game, only to be greeted by a round of ecstatic applause from spectators.

A video of the pitch was uploaded to the Orioles YouTube account yesterday and has already been viewed more than 9400 times.

The video caption states that Hailey suffers from a rare condition called Poland Syndrome, which meant she was born with one hand not fully formed.

Deterred by more expensive prosthetics, mother Yong Dawson resolved to get Hailey the affordable Flexy-Hand 2, a 3D-printed prosthetic hand created by students from the University of Nevada, she told MLB.com.

When asked to choose the colour of her new bionic hand, loyal fan Hailey opted for one of the Orioles’ team colours - orange.

She then asked her mother if she would be able to pitch at one of her favourites team’s games.